Follow along with all 3 examples from the clip and SHOW ALL YOUR WORK in your notebook.
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Graphing Quadratics Activity
Load theQuadratic Function Explorerwebpage.HINT: If you click on the command key and click on the link it will open in a new tab. This will let you can go back and forth between the questions and graphing website by clicking on the tab.
Answer the following questions on a sheet of paper to turn in when you are completed with this activity.
1. What effect does A have on the shape of the quadratic function?
2. What happens as A is positive? Negative?
3. What happens when A is zero? Why does this happen?
4. What effect does B have on the quadratic function?
5. What happens when B is positive? Negative?
6. What effect does C have on the quadratic function?
7. What happens when C is positive? Negative?
8. Solve the x2 + 4x + 3 = 0 with the quadratic formula.
9. Graph x2 + 4x + 3 = 0. What do you notice about your solutions with the quadratic formula and your graph?
Algebra Dividing Polynomials
Watch the
clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6_ghhd7kwQ
Follow along with all 3 examples from the clip and SHOW ALL YOUR WORK in your notebook.
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3.
Graphing Quadratics Activity
Load the Quadratic Function Explorer webpage. HINT: If you click on the command key and click on the link it will open in a new tab. This will let you can go back and forth between the questions and graphing website by clicking on the tab.
Answer the following questions on a sheet of paper to turn in when you are completed with this activity.
1. What effect does A have on the shape of the quadratic function?
2. What happens as A is positive? Negative?
3. What happens when A is zero? Why does this happen?
4. What effect does B have on the quadratic function?
5. What happens when B is positive? Negative?
6. What effect does C have on the quadratic function?
7. What happens when C is positive? Negative?
8. Solve the x2 + 4x + 3 = 0 with the quadratic formula.
9. Graph x2 + 4x + 3 = 0. What do you notice about your solutions with the quadratic formula and your graph?